While researching a relative's World War II career my dad and I came across this booklet. Numerical Listings of APO's, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/docrep/Location%20of%20APOs%201942-1947.pdf, provides a listing of APO's(Army Post Offices) during World War II and their geographical locations.
We were able to use this booklet and the Final Pay Voucher that we had to ascertain where and with whom this family member had served.
This is one of those great hidden sources that can be so helpful to your research.
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Thanks! That was a help. I had information that 926 was Fremantle, Australia, and that didn't make sense. I didn't realize that APOs moved around so much.
Excellent resource. Thanks!
Thanks so much! This is really terrific information for researching my grandfather's movements in Europe during the war.
Thank you for posting this! I've been looking for a document like this for days. I knew it had to be out there somewhere.
Thanks for posting. I am working with dad and his letters from combat in France and Germany. This publication helps us match locations of APOs I am trying to recreate the path of a letter from his foxhole to his parent's kitchen table thier farm house in Minnesota. Wondering how the APOs operated.
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